In the search for solutions to the ongoing plight of honeybees, both mainstream bee experts and advocates of alternative approaches to beekeeping have suggested that the practice of trucking honeybees thousands of miles across country for pollination

Last May, Dutch biologist Arnold van Vliet embarked on a bold and buggy mission to count how many insects are killed by cars -- and six weeks later, the results are in. To perform the census of bug vs. car fatalities, the

While normally a species measuring in at only around 2 millimeters in length might be easily overlooked, one tiny freshwater-dwelling critter has found a way to turn peoples' heads. Researchers studying 'water boatman' (Micronecta

Cicada ice cream made a big buzz on the web this week. While misinformation flooded the net blaming the health department for shutting down Sparky's newest flavor, TreeHugger's Bonnie gave you the straight dope: the Columbia,

We've extolled the virtues of dark skies here before, most recently with an International Dark Sky Park designated for Michigan. It turns out less light pollution is good not only for the human soul, but for our insect friends. A

Having children is one of the most important, life-changing decisions a mother will ever make -- and one endangered tortoise in particular certainly didn't rush it.
We've also got new research showing elephants are a lot like humans, a bird with a spect

If you've lived in a city for a long time, you might be wondering if there are fewer and fewer fireflies every year. If you're young and live in a city, you might be wondering what a firefly is. Both anecdotal and

Green vertical walls are very popular at the Chelsea Flower Show this year, as are green roofs. Green walls are a natural, good looking and environmental way to cover that ugly back wall. They are nicer than vines because bugs and

Entomologists estimate there to be around a quintillion individual insects on the planet -- that's 1 followed by eighteen 0's, by the way -- but what no one really knows is how many of those are killed when our cars smash

Good night, sleep tight, don't let the Super-Germ-Carrying Bedbugs bite. That just destroys the rhyme, and could mess up your travel plans, too. Or at least keep you from sleeping well. A Canadian study

That old phrase tossed out by parents at fearful children about spiders, "They're more afraid of you than you are of them," has never been more true, at least according to researchers from the King Juan Carlos